Oct. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1643

Ranger under the Animals Protection Acts, Canterbury District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 30th September, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

SAMUEL WILLIAM MAXTON

to be a Ranger, under “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, for the District of Canterbury.

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Officers under “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 30th September, 1896.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section 9 of “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” the under-mentioned persons have been appointed officers for the purposes of that Act for the districts set respectively opposite their names:—

Name. District.
JOHN BLANCHARD RIPPINGALE.. Within the Waitaki-Waimate Acclimatisation District, consisting of the Counties of Waitaki and Waimate.

SAMUEL WILLIAM MAXTON .. For that part of the Provincial District of Canterbury to the north of and including the Rakaia River, and for the waters of the Clarence River which are within the County of Marlborough.

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Clerk of Warden’s Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 29th September, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HENRY HAWTHORNE GRANT RALFE

to be Clerk of the Warden’s Court at Livingstone, from 1st September instant, vice F. W. Hart, transferred.

T. THOMPSON.

Reappointing a Member of the Wanganui River Trust.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 24th September, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to reappoint

JOHN TIFFIN STEWART

to be a member of the Wanganui River Trust, as from the 8th January, 1896.

JOHN MCKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Arrangements for First Elections, &c., Borough of Whangarei, County of Whangarei.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 25th September, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JAMES MCKINNON

to be Town Clerk of the Borough of Whangarei, as constituted under “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,” and also Returning Officer for the purpose of conducting the first election of Mayor and of six Councillors for the said borough; also to fix that the number of Councillors for the said borough shall be six; also to appoint Tuesday, the 27th day of October, 1896, to be the day for holding the said first election of Mayor; also to appoint Thursday, the 29th day of October, 1896, to be the day for holding the said first election of six Councillors; also to appoint Monday, the 2nd day of November, 1896, at 7 o’clock in the evening, to be the time, and the Town Clerk’s office, Whangarei, to be the place, at which the first meeting of the Borough Council of Whangarei shall be held.

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

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Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 24th September, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the under-mentioned persons:—

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 30th September, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the under-mentioned persons:—

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Manchester Road Board.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 25th September, 1896.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Manchester Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

MANCHESTER ROAD BOARD.

THE following is the result of a poll of ratepayers taken on the 3rd day of September, 1896, on a proposal to borrow £150 for regrading and widening the formation on Proctor’s Hill, on the Bunnythorpe Road, within No. 5 Ward of the Manchester Road District, and comprising No. 5 Special Rating District:—

The total number of ratepayers on the roll, 20, representing 29 votes: of these, 13 ratepayers, having 19 votes, voted for the proposal.

As a majority of ratepayers, exercising more than one-half of the total number of votes, being in favour of the proposal, I declare it to be carried.

F. Y. LETHBRIDGE,
Chairman, Manchester Road Board.